Who owns Skagen?
Skagen is owned by Fossil Group (the United States, NASDAQ: FOSL).[1]
Evidence: Fossil Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-12, SEC EDGAR, 12 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Fossil Group, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Richardson
- Origin
- 🇩🇰 Denmark
- Founded
- 1989
- Category
- Apparel, footwear & accessories › Luxury goods › Jewellery & watches
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: FOSL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Skagen
Skagen is a watch and jewelry brand owned by Fossil Group. Fossil's annual report says that since 1989 the brand has been inspired by the Danish town of Skagen, and lists its products as watches and jewelry. It is one of the five brands the group lists as owned rather than licensed.
What Fossil Group's annual report says about Skagen
Sentences about Skagen from Fossil Group's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
SKAGEN Since 1989, SKAGEN has been inspired by the city of Skagen and the Danish coastline.
How often Fossil Group names Skagen in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Ownership timeline of Skagen
- Current owner Fossil Group [1] verified
Where Skagen sits in Fossil Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Fossil Group
Fossil Group controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
Also in apparel, footwear & accessories
Other brands in jewellery & watches, and who owns them
The 63 brands in jewellery & watches on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Richemont, with 8; Fossil Group has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| A. Lange & Söhne | Richemont | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| CaratLane | Titan | 🇮🇳 India |
| Blancpain | Swatch Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Bulgari | LVMH | 🇫🇷 France |
| Concord | Movado Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Pandora | Pandora | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| ARTA by PNJ | PNJ | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| ATTESA | Citizen Watch | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Fossil Group
Fossil Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Richardson, United States, founded in 1984. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: FOSL.
Fossil Group, Inc. is a Richardson, Texas company that designs and sells watches, jewelry, handbags and other accessories. Its 10-K lists five owned brands (Fossil, Skagen, Michele, Relic and Zodiac) and, separately, watch brands it makes under licence, among them Michael Kors (licensed from Capri Holdings), Armani Exchange and Emporio Armani (Giorgio Armani), Diesel and Skechers. Those licensed names are owned by their licensors, not by Fossil, and are not listed here. Fossil exited smartwatches (Misfit), and its Fossil-branded eyewear is licensed to Safilo.
Fossil Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇩🇰 Skagen and other Danish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 100 brands that began in Denmark. 25 of them (25%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Skagen among them.
- Georg Jensen — Fiskars Group 🇫🇮
- JACK & JONES — Bestseller 🇩🇰
- Lyngsøe Rainwear — Hultafors Group 🇸🇪
- Organic Basics — Delta Galil 🇮🇱
- PANDORA ESSENCE — Pandora 🇩🇰
- VRS — Salling Group 🇩🇰
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Skagen?
The parent company of Skagen is Fossil Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Skagen Danish or American?
Skagen originated in Denmark in 1989, but it is owned today by Fossil Group, which is headquartered in the United States. So Skagen is a Danish-origin brand under American ownership.
Is Skagen still owned by Fossil Group?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Skagen is still owned by Fossil Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Fossil Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-12 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 12 March 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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